A teacher should, above all things, first induce a desire in the pupil for the acquisition he wishes to impart.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

On entering this world our starting-point is ignorance. None, however, but idiots remain there.

We who are engaged in the sacred cause of education are entitled to look upon all parents as having given hostages to our cause.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

The most precious wine is produced upon the sides of volcanoes. Now bold and inspiring ideals are only born of a clear head that stands over a glowing heart.

In vain do they talk of happiness who never subdued an impulse in obedience to a principle. He who never sacrificed a present to a future good, or a personal to a general one, can speak of happiness only as the blind speak of color.